Joe (He Was a Fighter)
James Dean Cotton
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Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man Rallied up the AFL-CIO The miners and the movement, echoes of his hand 'Cause Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man Born in Old St. Louie, just north of old Carr Square A middle son of recent immigrants His father was a tailor, in the tenement's repair And he learned the hard way, life ain't ever fair Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man Rallied up the AFL-CIO The miners and the movement, the echoes of his hand 'Cause Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man I heard he worked at fourteen, as a bookie down on Grand I heard he rode the rails for awhile I heard came back humbled at the age of 23 Applied as a pipefitter for Laclede Gas Company He organized the miners, organized the rage Became the voice of ordinary men Lost a wife to cancer, a son to a snowy grade He was forty years a leader, in a forty-year crusade Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man Rallied up the AFL-CIO The miners and the movement, the echoes of his hand Yeah, he was a fighter, defender of the working man He died in Colorado, in the flood of '76 The Big Thompson claimed 144 His spirit is the spirit of a living wage demand A hell of a fighter, defender of the working man Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man Rallied up the AFL-CIO The miners and the movement, still echo through this land 'Cause Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man Joe, he was a fighter, defender of the working man
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